Intel Atom N550 Vs Atom N570

The Atom N570 is clocked 166 MHz higher or about 11% higher than the Atom N550. We can therefore expect a performance improvement of the order of 10% in the Atom N570 over Atom N550 in CPU intensive tasks. The benchmark results in the second table below seconds this fact.

Other common features are listed in the table below.

Table : Atom N550 Vs Atom N570 Feature Differences

Feature

Atom N550

Atom N570

Core Frequency

1.50 GHz

1.66 GHz

No. Of Cores

2 ( 4 Hyperthreads)

2 ( 4 Hyperthreads)

Cache Organization

1 MB L2 Cache

1 MB L2 Cache

Turbo Frequency

No Turbo

No Turbo

TDP Rating

8.5 Watts

8.5 Watts

64 Bit Support

Y

Y

Lithography

45 nm

45 nm

Integrated Memory Controller

DDR3

DDR3

Integrated Graphics

Yes, integrated GMA 3150

Yes, integrated GMA 3150

Table : Atom N550 Vs Atom N570 Benchmarking Comparison

Benchmarks

Atom N550

Atom N570

PassMark Score

560

646

Super Pi 2M (Lower in better)

200 seconds

180 seconds

3D Mark 06 CPU

740

810

Windows 7 Experience Score

3

3.2

Some more details of Atom N550

The Atom N550 significantly improves upon the N450 and N455 by integrating two cores in the processor ( The N450 and N455 have only 1 cores). The Cache also gets doubled to 1 MB. The Atom N550 should enhance the utility of the net books by providing a little more processing power juice.

Some more details of Atom N570

The Atom N570 improves upon the N550 by bumping up the clock frequency. It is on the top of the improvement over the N450 and N455 by integrating two cores in the processor ( The N450 and N455 have only 1 cores). The Cache also gets doubled to 1 MB. The Atom N570 should further enhance the utility of the net books by providing a little more processing power juice.